Mattie Lou Belcher Tippit, 101

LEBANON -- Graveside services were held Monday afternoon, July 12 at the Bethlehem Cemetery in the Tuckers Cross Roads Community for Mrs. Tippit, 101, of Nashville.A Wilson County native, Mrs. Tippit passed away Sunday, July 11, 2010, at the Smith County Health Care in Carthage. The daughter of the late James A. and Hattie Allen Belcher, she attended Tuckers Cross Roads School and Cumberland Preparatory School. Mrs. Tippit worked for the Tennessee Department of Public Health. Services were conducted by Dr. John Cheetham.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Vesta O. Tippit on March 23, 1992; and a brother Howard Belcher in 1982. She is survived by several cousins.Arrangements by Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home, Lebanon.